Ben,
Where did you see this proposed standard format for tel: URLs? Could you
provide a link?
Sorry I can't answer your questions. This is the first time I heard about
the proposed standard. It sounds interesting.
Pat
Ben Hutchings wrote:
> The proposed standard format for tel: URLs includes provision for a
> whole lot of options that I don't believe i-mode handsets actually
> support. I wonder if people can tell me which parts are and aren't
> supported, out of the following?
>
> * Local numbers - I know these are supported
> * DTMF digits (*#abcd), pause (p), and wait-for-dial-tone (w) in local
> numbers
> * Global numbers (beginning with + and country code) - this is very
> important for me to know
> * Post-dial section for global numbers (;postd=)
> * ISDN sub-address (;isub=) - I very much doubt this
>
> (Aside: there seems to be an error in this proposal - '#' is reserved
> as a separator between URLs and fragment IDs, and would have to be
> escaped.)
>
> Do newer i-mode handsets support any more than older ones?
>
> If global numbers aren't supported yet, is there any plan to support
> them in the version of i-mode that will be available in Europe, where
> international dialling and roaming are not unusual?
>
> Are tel: URLs always limited to 24 characters, as DoCoMo says, or do
> some handsets support more?
>
> Just as an example, if MCI WorldCom creates an i-mode site for its
> calling card users in the US, "my" page should have a link to
> <tel:+18882715734;postd=p1p71983?????> (with some more digits in
> place of those question marks). Is that likely to work any time
> soon? Perhaps that's a question for the WAP Forum.
>
> Ben.
>
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Received on Sat Mar 24 20:31:19 2001